RAUVIPEX, REHAU UK’s pre-insulated district heating pipework solution, has won the ‘Commercial HVAC Product of the Year – Components and Peripherals’ category at the 2025 Heating & Ventilating News Awards. RAUVIPEX provides a combination of low thermal conductivity and high bending flexibility, manufactured with REHAU’s proven PE-Xa carrier pipe, combined with PU foam insulation and an SN8 rated outer jacket. This robust construction ensures long-term durability and addresses

FrameSafe FR fire-rated external wall breather membrane has been installed to help improve safety standards as part of cladding remediation works in Greater Manchester. Specify & Build reports. FrameSafe FR, Glidevale Protect’s Class A2, fire-rated external wall breather membrane, has been installed to help improve safety standards as part of the cladding remediation works being undertaken at a major medium-rise residential development in Greater Manchester. The Life Buildin

Housebuilders can give bats a brand new home inside the ridge roost and help support the urban environment, Manthorpe explains. Finding suitable roosting spots in urban areas has become increasingly difficult for bats in recent years due to improved building practices and materials that reduce defects. However, the Manthorpe Bat Ridge Roost provides a solution by offering these important pollinators a new home among the rooftops. This product is the result of a partnership be

Bruce Towers & Sons, based in the heartlands of East Anglia, recently completed a major refit of Rinnai hot water heating units in four separate plant rooms across two big schools over a half term. Rinnai’s N Series hot water heating units were installed in cascade arrangements so that the schools and their thousands of staff and pupils had unlimited volumes of on demand temperature controlled hot water. Says Bruce Towers, “We were able to install all the Rinnai units in

Europe’s largest 3D printed housing project has been completed in Denmark, delivering multiple units faster and more sustainably. Specify & Build reports. The 3D printing phase of Europe’s largest 3D printed housing project has been completed by 3DCP Group. The work will create 36 student apartments in Holstebro using COBOD’s BOD3 3D Construction Printer for NordVestBo. The project demonstrates how 3D construction printing can deliver multiple housing units at scale with hig

Reynaers Aluminium UK has received the Commercial Project of the Year award at this year’s prestigious G-awards thanks to its involvement in the high-profile Wembley Park regeneration project in collaboration with Everglade Windows. Reynaers’ systems played a central part in the North East Lands NE02 and NE03 development of the extensive regeneration project, which helped to achieve developer Quintain’s vision for this ambitious £227m project. Designed to provide high-qualit

EJOT UK has strengthened its support for architects, engineers and specifiers by partnering with NBS Source, further improving online access to the digital information on its core anchoring and flat roofing products. This decision has been driven by the growing pace of digital transformation within construction, coupled with the strategic evolution of the platform in recent years. These factors make NBS Source increasingly well-positioned and ready for an extensive portion o

Ben Hancock, Managing Director of Oscar Acoustics explains the benefits of Sownd Certification. With 30% of people identifying as noise-sensitive, designing for acoustic inclusivity is a commercial and moral imperative. Sownd Certification from Sownd Affects provides a simple, credible framework to turn acoustic comfort into measurable return on investment. For too long, acoustics have been treated as a secondary consideration in the design and construction process, an ite

Triton Showers will continue to sell its leading range of DuElec® electric showers in the UK and Ireland, following its victory in the Court of Appeal in a long-running patent infringement action brought by Kohler Mira. In its judgment dated 22 December 2025, the Court of Appeal unanimously overturned the lower court’s findings of both validity and infringement of the patent in question, which concerned Triton’s range of dual outlet electric showers. This follows an initial

Rinnai’s Director Chris Goggin takes a close look at the role of natural gas, LPG and BioLPG in the current and near future UK energy market. Follow the free Rinnai newsletter for free updates on UK energy policy https://www.rinnai-uk.co.uk/contact-us/newsletter-sign What are the fuels that presently matter most to the UK consumer and what roles do they fulfil in the current UK energy market? When responding to this question it would be impossible not to mention natural g

A rapid and precisely executed two-week retrofit contract has brought the fire compartmentation within the complex roof-spaces to a Nottinghamshire health centre up to current standards under the Building Regulations, with the work being carried out by a Midlands based contractor, highly experienced in the installation of the FIREFLY ® systems specified. The Meadow Heath Health Centre in the south-east area of the city has been undergoing alterations to allow two existing

Factory-fitted Proctor Group membranes were part of the successful construction of the Ultrapanel demo house. The building envelope for a three-bedroom home, from sole plate to ridge, was erected in a single day using Ultrapanel Building Technologies’ Category 2 MMC SIP system. The system features the vapour permeable Proctorwrap Reflect membrane in its external wall panels. An innovative new cold roof panel features the air permeable, low resistance (APLR) Proctor Air underl

Fire protection solutions manufacturer, Advanced, has introduced SmokeGo, its powerful new smoke control panel designed to offer complete and active smoke management through the fire system, without the complexity. Developed to give specifiers, installers, and end-users a smarter, more intuitive way to achieve smoke control in a wide range of buildings, it is designed to make smoke control simpler, faster and fully compliant. From dedicated to non-dedicated smoke control syst

Clement Windows Group has manufactured and installed new steel windows at a prestigious Central London apartment building. This striking, Georgian-fronted building is located in the Harley Street Conservation Area and situated within the boundaries of the ancient Manor of St Marylebone, the history of which can be traced back to the Domesday Book in the eleventh century. The area is rich in history and architecture, with terraced houses from different periods, ranging from t

Fernox recently assisted solv group in restoring a broken-down boiler for a customer in Belfast. After being approached by the mechanical, electrical and facilities management service provider, Fernox recommended its unique Protector+ Filter Fluid F9, which actively helped the filter to remove significant levels of contaminants from the system, and restored full operation of the boiler, avoiding a costly replacement. The East Belfast Mission supports the community in Belfas